Pregnancy Update

I don't know who still comes here and if you are even remotely interested in the information I am about to offer. With the first two, I kept a pregnancy journal, this one, it just didn't happen sadly. I hope he doesn't grow up to resent that. However, this is why I am "journaling" it on the blog.

I am 33 weeks. At this point I was on bed rest with Kayden due to low amniotic fluid and was on medication to cease premature labor. So far so good as far as those areas are concerned. I had an ultrasound two Fridays ago that showed I was at a 14 for fluid (they like to see it between 12-14). With Kayden I was struggling to keep it above a 9 and was at a 1 when he was delivered at 36 weeks. I think my Thyroid issues had a lot to do with that and I believe his pregnancy triggered that disease for me. Anyway, the sonographer said that he looked great, was doing fine, my water was awesome, and that he was weighing in at about 4 lbs. So far this pregnancy I have only gained 18 lbs, quite the difference in my weight gain with lana where I reach almost 40lbs. Should I admit that? I am a little ashamed to admit I gained so much with her. In my defense, HOWEVER, towards the end I was VERY swollen and had quite the edemia issue. I am swelling a bit with this little guy but not near the amount I did with Keilana.

The only issue I have with this one is the pelvic pain, and oh, my goodness, is it intense! I'm not sleeping good at night, the pain wakes me up when I move, I can't sleep on my sides, my back (yes, propped up on pillows) is still the only thing the works and even then, I am uncomfortable. It's tough to shave so if you see me with hairy legs, don't judge me, just assume I could lift my leg to accomplish the task. As I mention lifting my legs, it's super hard to do just that to put on my pants. I feel quite helpless a lot of times, and struggle through my days, but I don't really have a choice so steady as the wind blows, I get up each day and work my way through it. As any consistent pain would, it makes me a little frustrated and depressed. I'm trying really hard to be nice but I have days where I just feel like giving up. (If you would like to donate a pity trip to me at this time, I do love them!)

Some positives to this pregnancy are the amazing smells that I just can't get enough of. I don't understand it, they are super strange smells. It isn't your bakery items, or sweet smelling perfumes and lotions. Quite the opposite indeed. Here are a few smells that I inhale deeply as though it will be the last time--I see a pattern here and most could be described as musty smelling.

• Our van's air conditioning! Jon says it stinks and does smell musty but even if I am freezing, I'll point that sucker right at my face. Aaah.
• Our garage
• Basements (at least the one's I have been in)
• Paint

You must be thinking that I am completely insane at this point. To be honest, I'm afraid that my heightened smeller is going to go away and these smells just WON'T be the same to me anymore and they make me happy. ha! Shall we continue?

• NEW shoes
• Money
• Books and more books and magazines! Heaven for me. I've gotten the kids into the habit of smelling every book and magazine they pick up. My favorite book smell so far is Where the Wild Things Are. Recently Keilana has been bringing home books from her schools library and I am enjoying those, it takes me back to my elementary years when I would sit in the library listening to our librarian read us stories. Oh, how wonderful remembering the way it smelled with all those books in there.

Smells I loathe: Chicken, meats and broccoli.